Iran, US Locked In Strategic ‘Staring Contest’ Over Hormuz, Says Former CENTCOM Official Joe Buccino

WASHINGTON — The US Navy’s blockade of Iranian ports, now in its third week, has stopped almost all of the country’s maritime trade, including key oil exports. But it has also ratcheted up tensions between the two sides as they hold sporadic peace negotiations. RFE/RL spoke with former US Central Command (CENTCOM) Communications Director and…

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300-unit-per-second roll-to-roll manufacturing of visible metalenses

Khorasaninejad, M. et al. Metalenses at visible wavelengths: diffraction-limited focusing and subwavelength resolution imaging. Science 352, 1190–1194 (2016). Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  Kim, J. et al. Scalable manufacturing of high-index atomic layer–polymer hybrid metasurfaces for metaphotonics in the visible. Nat. Mater. 22, 474–481 (2023). Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  Choi, M. et…

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Gemini is rolling out to cars with Google built-in

Google is preparing to update vehicles that have Google built-in with its Gemini AI assistant. This will be an upgrade from the current Google Assistant according to Google’s announcement, and promises to provide an improved experience for natural conversations, fetching vehicle-specific information, settings adjustments, and more. “When cars with Google built-in first hit the road…

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